Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!cbatt!ucbvax!decvax!decwrl!reid From: reid@decwrl.UUCP Newsgroups: mod.newslists,news.lists,news.groups Subject: BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION (FEB 87) Message-ID: <8369@decwrl.DEC.COM> Date: Sun, 1-Mar-87 07:25:35 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.8369 Posted: Sun Mar 1 07:25:35 1987 Date-Received: Mon, 2-Mar-87 05:49:19 EST Sender: news@decwrl.DEC.COM Organization: DEC Western Research Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif., USA Lines: 34 Approved: reid@decwrl.UUCP Xref: utgpu mod.newslists:530 news.lists:84 news.groups:459 BOTTOM 20 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY PROPAGATION A companion posting explains the statistics and the algorithms that produced them. +-- Estimated total number of people who read the group, worldwide. | +-- Actual number of readers in sampled population | | +-- Propagation: how many sites receive this group at all | | | +-- Recent traffic (messages per month) | | | | +-- Recent traffic (kilobytes per month) | | | | | +-- Participation ratio | | | | | | +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/reader | | | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsreaders | | | | | | | | who read this group. V V V V V V V V 205 2500 179 82% 114 193.5 45 0.31 1.6% rec.motorcycles 206 2500 179 82% 101 187.0 40 0.30 1.6% rec.arts.tv.soaps 207 2300 171 82% 38 70.0 16 0.12 1.5% rec.sport.misc 208 2300 164 82% 41 63.1 18 0.11 1.4% rec.railroad 209 2200 162 82% 37 56.8 16 0.10 1.4% rec.arts.wobegon 210 2000 145 82% 38 101.6 19 0.20 1.3% rec.ham-radio.packet 211 2000 143 82% 12 18.4 6 0.04 1.2% rec.scuba 212 1900 142 82% 32 36.1 17 0.08 1.2% rec.arts.poems 213 1200 85 82% 2 4.1 2 0.01 0.7% rec.birds 214 3700 271 81% 91 124.2 24 0.13 2.4% rec.pets 215 2600 187 81% 138 207.9 53 0.32 1.6% rec.sport.basketball 216 2100 154 81% 61 79.4 29 0.15 1.3% rec.sport.hockey 217 1300 95 80% 7 7.8 5 0.02 0.8% rec.skydiving 218 3600 265 77% 7 151.9 1 0.17 2.3% mod.mag.fidonet 219 10000 731 76% 211 328.4 21 0.13 6.4% comp.os.minix 220 1600 116 73% 105 292.6 66 0.73 1.0% misc.handicap 221 2300 164 71% 165 389.0 72 0.68 1.4% talk.religion.newage 222 12000 842 62% 215 341.1 17 0.11 7.3% comp.windows.x 223 2800 201 26% 1 7.0 0 0.01 1.8% comp.sources.bugs 224 730 53 19% 2 22.8 3 0.12 0.5% talk.politics